Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-06

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Washington News and Gossip.
TIE SUPPLEMENT OF TIE EVENING STAR to-day
contains: Law school graduates; Cardinal Glib
bons' New York welcome: workingmen angry
with O'Brien; how the Thistle was beaten; Han
Ian still hopeful; the war on Powderly; CARROTS
big western dea,; analyzing love In court; God In
the Constitution; telegraphic dispatches, &C. The
advertisements are classified as follows: Auction
Sales Educational, Summer Resorts, Proposals,
Family Supplies Ladies' Goods, Sewing Machines,
Financial, Hotels, Attorneys, Medical Professional
Railroads, Potomac River Boats, Ocean Steamers,
Housefurnishings, Books, Dentistry, Undertakers,
Pianos and Organs, Wood and Coal The Trades.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-1nternal reve-
nue, 1854, 755; customs. $5s2513
SECRETARY and Mrs. Endicott returned to Wash
1ngton Saturday night.
LIEUT.. SEBREE, of the Signal Offce, who was sta
toned at San Antonio has returned to Washing
ton in Ill health, and Is now undergoing treatment
In Providence Hospital.
NAVAL ORDERs-Commodore Bancroft Gherardf
and Capt. George Brown ordered to examination
for promotion. Paymaster II. G. Colby, ordered
TO duty as general storekeeper at the Mare Island
Cal, navy-yard, July l. Pay Director II. NJ. Den
mister detached from duty as general StOrekeeper
CHARGE nr the Joey L. ana ordered ID
Pay Inspector A. j. Clark from duty in charge Of
Ine navy pay Office, San Francisco July /, and
ordered 10 settle accounts and wait orders.
SECRETARY WHITNEY viii attend the graduating
exercises OF the Annapolis Naval Academy on
Thursday, and will distribute the prizes to the
graduates.
ARMY ORDERs-First Lieut.. NJ F. lamar, 18th
infantry, has been detailed as military professor
at st. Johns College, Annapolis to take effect
Sept. TO- relieving 1st Lieut.. Chas. w. Foster, Sd
artillery who VIII join his battery. First Lieut..
A. c. Taylor, I'd artillery, granted six months
leave for disability. Hospital steward Mitchell
Tyrre is placed unOn the retired list of the Army,
upon his own application.
AN ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON SERGEANT-AT-ARMs
LEEDoM.-Several weeks ago an ingenious attempt
was made to defraud Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom, OF
the House OF Representatives. In the first place
Representative s. 8. Cox, of New York, directing
him to pay to the clerk Of the Riggs House $247,
which It was alleged Mr.: Cox owed for board. AS
IL was not the habit OF Mr. COX to owe board bills
Mr Leed0m'S suspicious were aroused, and he tele-
graphed to the New York Representative A re-
forgery. The writer of the letter, or the origf-
natOr OF the scheme, never presented himself to
the sergeant-at-arms, so there was no means OF
Identifying him.
CoNTEsTED-ELECrIoN tCAsEs.-Under the new
law regulating election contests in Congress,
which requires the testimony in each case to be
forwarded to the clerk of the House and printed
under his direction, Gen. Clark the clerk, has re-
celved and sent to the Public Printer the testimony
ID the contested cases OF Frank against Glover,
from ST. Louis; SmallS against Elliott, from South
Carolina; Lowry against White, from Indiana
and "orthington against Post, from Illinois.
SToREKEEPERs APPoINTED.-The Secretary OF the
Treasury has appointed the following storekeep-
ers: Chas; L: Hunter, sixth Ohio district, and
Henry A. Berderman, fifth Illinois district.
THE YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WEsr-A dispatch
mas been received at the marine hospital bureau
stating that up to date there have been fifteen
cases Of yellow fever at Key West, Fla, and five
deaths. Cases have occurred in the hotel, the
jail, and In various parts OF the city. The disease
has been declared epidemic on account OF the fact
that people are leaving Key West for ports where
there Is no quarantine, and there Is danger OF their
spreading the disease. The local authorat1es are
very active, DR.. StOner says, and the marine hos
pltal service is doing what it can to help them
The mail from Key west Is all being carefully
fumigated.
THE PENSION AGENCY in this city paid 1850
pensions on Saturday, the 4th instant ellis of
whom reside in the District OF Columbia,.
$l29 2O4 "a being required to meet these payments
ms Is about $50 more pensioners than have ever
before been paid by this agency the first day of
payment.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO GEN. LYr1E-
N0.' S-~SANN~AA
bers OF the Society OF the Army OF the Cumber-
land committee to take charge OF the project
ana collect funds for a monument to Gen. VIM H.
Lytie of Ohio: Gen. Henry NJ. Cist, OF Cincinnati,
chairman; Gen. j. s. Fullerton, OF st. Louis; Gen.
L. P. Bradley, U. S. A.; Col u. H. WOlworth. of
Chicago; Col W. B. McCreery, OF Flint, Mich.
GOOD FOR THE CRoPs.-The weather crop bull
letin OF the signal service says the weather last
week has apparently proved favorable for the
growing crops. The needed rains have occurred
throughout the wheat and corn regions, except
Ing In portions OF Illinois, Missouri and Iowa,
where light showers have occurred, and tele-
graphic reports received yesterday show that
showers have occurred during the past eight
hours, and are likely to continue during the next
forty-eight hours In the States above named.
DISMISSED FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The following clerks in the Second Controllers
Office have been notified that their services will
be dispensed with after the 30th of June, as the
appropriation bill reduces the force: E. F. French
A. ). Whitaker, and Thos. johnson, OF class four:
Robt. Hutchinson. class two; Gen. X. HILL class
one. and Miss s. q. Anderson Mrs. +. b. Wilson
do and Mrs ; j. Duree, OF the 5000 class; G. R. Fer
Samuel BirdSall, clerk class one, Supervising Ar
chitect's Office, have been notified OF their dis
missal also.
FRENCH CoNv1CTs WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LAND.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has addressed let
ter TO the collector OF customs at San Francisco
transmitting an extract from a dispatch from the
United States commercial agent at Noumea, New
Caledonia, French penal colony, in regard to the
proposed expectation or cOnv1ctS from Lnat colony
10 San Francisco. Judge Maynard Instructed the
collector to take especial care that the immigrant
laws are properly enforced, so as to prevent the
landing OF any persons so shipped to this country
II found to be cOnv1ctS, alleged, or II found to
oelong TO any OF the classes OF aliens whose land
Ing Is prohibited
REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY says there is no truth in
the published statement that he contemplates
leaving Congress at the end of his present
term and settling in Alabama, where one OF his
sons Is interested In an iron and coal company
AFFAIRS AT THE MILITARY AcADEMY.-Presiden
and Mrs. Cleveland are expected to spend day
at West Point this week. on the return trip to
Washington from Saranac Lake, as the guests OF
Gen. and Mrs. Merritt. Gems sherman and Sheri-
dan VIII be present at the graduating exercises
and the Secretary OF War Will present the gradu-
ateS with their diplomas. Cadet Francis X. Skunk.
OF Harrisburg, Pa, will graduate at the head OF
the nrst-claSS Candidates to supply the vacancies
that Will exist In the corps on July l have been
ordered TO report June ID, Is and 16. The names
OF 143 principals and 80 alternateS have been re-
ceiVed from the War Department.
AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY.-The bOarQ OF visitors
to the United States Naval Academy formally
organized at Annapolis Saturday by electing Com
modore Harmony president and Senator Gray vice.
preSident. Lieut.. g. P. COlvOcoreSSeS, United
states Navy mas been detailed as secretary to the
board The visitors hau previously been received
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